NEW ORLEANS — With all the pollen in the air, bees are swarming in New Orleans. Kurt Opprecht was standing outside his house on Bartholomew Street in St. Roch, talking with a neighbor, when he spotted ...

Swarms occur when a particular colony outgrows its hive, forcing the queen to find a new home. She takes about half of the worker bees with her, leaving the rest behind with a new queen. Once they ...

Africanized honey bees, also referred to as "killer bees," are currently found in 13 states and are now slowly spreading northward. These bees are the most aggressive species of bee, as they are ...

This weekend I noticed a large group of bees flying around in my backyard. My wife was really concerned. However, as a former beekeeper, I knew exactly what was happening. The bees were engaged in a ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida man set off an angry swarm of bees while trimming trees, a frightening encounter that went from from bad to worse when the entire hive went on the attack while ...

It seems like more honeybees are swarming in Alberta and experts aren’t sure what that spells for the future. Beekeepers say they have observed an uptick in honeybee swarming around Calgary and rural ...

A Brevard County man is sharing his remarkable story of survival where he was attacked by a swarm of bees during a tree-trimming job, was stung more than 100 times and fell 30 feet off a bucket truck.

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